Weather
Postal service: Clear a path for postal workers
Feb 7, 2019
Now that Polar Vortex Jayden has moved on and we are headed for a brief warm up, we need our customers’ help. Postal carriers have suffered serious injuries related to slips, trips and falls due to icy and snow covered walkways and porch steps.
Preventing a slip or bad fall can be as easy as...
Local Red Cross volunteers help with storm response
Oct 3, 2018
Red Cross volunteers John Yorde and Linda Marx of Lake City checked in with Bernice Bandow at her home in Waterville after the tornado storm on Sept. 20. Waterville was among the hardest-hit communities. Yorde and Marx were among the 37 Red Cross relief workers who responded.
-Photo by Rachel...
Downed trees, power outages in storm’s wake
Sep 26, 2018
A storm with high winds passed through the area Thursday night, causing downed trees, power outages, a fire, and an unexpected uptick in the population at the care center at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City.
Severe weather spotters from Lake City were activated at 6:53 p.m., according to...
Letter: Great job street department
Sep 26, 2018
To the editor:
Again our street department did a great job after the storm Thursday night.
Thank you!
Toni Anderson
Lake City
Letter: Proud of city cleanup effort
Sep 26, 2018
To the editor:
We would like to thank Bruce Wallerich, Streets and Parks Supervisor, and his band of merry men for the exemplary work they did on Friday, September 21, following the wind storm in Lake City. They were efficient, pleasant, hard working and skilled in what they do. Lake City should...
Nice weather for Water Ski Days
Jun 27, 2018
Nice weather all weekend helped this year’s Water Ski Days become the most successful ever by at least one measure, according to Lake City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Michelle Larson in an email June 25.
“We had a phenomenal Water Ski Days weekend,” she said. “We couldn’t have asked for...
Letter: Spring? Maybe. Minnesota? You betcha.
Apr 11, 2018
To the editor:
In late September the little magnolia tree outside my window sheds its leaves. They are soon replaced by buds that resemble pussy willows. These buds struggle through the cold winter months.
When spring approaches the buds grow until mid April when they burst into fragile white...
Goodhue County to test CodeRed system April 9
Apr 4, 2018
Goodhue County’s Emergency Notification System, CodeRED, will be tested on Monday, April 9, to validate telephone numbers in the Goodhue County’s database. There is no need for action if people receive the call; emergency personnel are merely testing the system to ensure it is operational as...
Open water appears near Methodist Point
Mar 7, 2018
The trail of a snowmobile leads into a patch of open water on Lake Pepin near Methodist Point Saturday, March 3. Portable ice fishing shelters stand nearby. The opening is near the area staked out with thin ice signs by the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department earlier this winter. On Feb. 21, the...
Blowing, snowing, and more blowing
Mar 7, 2018
Predictions of a winter storm blowing into Lake City Monday afternoon led to the cancellation of classes at Lake City Public Schools around mid-day. Heavy winds in the afternoon mixed with heavy snowfall in the evening. The city declared a snow emergency just after 9 p.m. Eleven vehicles were...
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